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2017/5/1

Tokyo Institute of Technology won the Grand Prix in "Ghost in the Shell" Realize Project

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　The Suzumori / Endo Laboratory of the Faculty of Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology is a contest to pursue the realization of near-future technology drawn by the animation "Ghost in the Shell", the Ghost in the Shell Realize Project "The Award". Won the Grand Prix in the "2016" prosthetic body (robot) category.

　"Ghost in the Shell Realize Project" is the production of companies, university R & D, public institutions, and Ghost in the Shell in the fall of 25, which marks the 2014th anniversary of the announcement of the anime "Ghost in the Shell". The committee was established as a united industry and academia to pursue the realization of the near-future technology of 2029 depicted in Ghost in the Shell.

　In this "The Award 2016", among the domestic advanced technology news introduced on the official website and SNS of "Ghost in the Shell Realize Project" from April 2016 to February 4, Ghost in the Shell is the most mobile. Select technology that is unique to the corps.Furthermore, from the 2017st to 2th place news that the secretariat aggregated and ranked the number of reach, impressions, and actions of readers, "Cyber ​​(artificial intelligence)" and "prosthetic body" were selected by experts who are project advisors. (Robot) ”two categories of Grand Prix and Jury Special Award have been decided.

　The winner of the Grand Prix in the artificial body (robot) category was the research on artificial muscles in the Suzumori-Endo laboratory of Tokyo Institute of Technology, which was evaluated for its research on artificial muscles that are thinner and more flexible than before.From this research, s-muscle Co., Ltd., a venture from Tokyo Institute of Technology and Okayama University, was established in 2016, and by weaving artificial muscles as muscle fibers, it is light, soft, and comfortable to wear. It is expected to be used in support suits and corsets, new robots and welfare equipment.

　Professor Koichi Suzumori said, "Sci-fi animation is one of the strong driving forces of robot research.Among them, I am very pleased to have been evaluated by "Ghost in the Shell", which has many enthusiastic fans.With this as an encouragement, I would like to further accelerate research on the application of artificial muscles to robots. ", He said the joy of winning the Grand Prix.

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